My Life As A Bassa-Lasha-Poo

Oh dog not another one...

Today three of mom's cousins came over to stay for about three days. Which doesn't bother me, I love Lucas, Parker & Emma. I greeted them all with happy wags and loving kisses but then he walked through the door.....

That goofy smile on his face, his long clumsy & wigginling body and that annoying long tail smacking me in the face every five seconds. Baxter. He gets to stay with us for the weekend also, yeah. Not. I am not nor will I ever be a fan of that 1 year old nuisance. I have known him since his parents & human siblings got him almost a year ago when he was I think a month old and mom always thought he would grow on me. Hah! She should have known, I am her "grumpy old man" after all. Even though she has tried so very hard to socialize me I still don't like a lot of other dogs. Though I have gotten better with adults but still loath puppies (which is odd because I was a father of two when I came to the shelter!).

Anywho I wasn't very happy with mom because it has just been a few days since Lacey (aka "the pug") went home after spending last weekend with us when her fam. went out of town. She is of course a puppy also. I have been really good about putting up with the "babies" but they have been pushing it majorly. Both Baxter & Lacey have taken a liking to my chew bones. MY beloved chews! MINE! And mom tried to give Baxter his own chew but no he wanted my favorite one (at the moment). Of course, that little booger.

And today our neighbor & good friend Marylynn came over, but with a suprise. A little 12week old fluff-ball of a puppy named Henry. Mom ran & greeted Mary and scooped up the red and white lasha-poo who licked her nose with a thousand puppy breathe kisses. Mom knew that the puppy was Mary's "grandpuppy" (her son Jared & new daughter in law's pup) because they had gone into the shelter mom volunteers at looking for a baby a few times. They ended up getting him from a petstore (which mom wasn't very happy with, but didn't say anything) 2 weeks ago. Mom & the Lori said that is probably what I looked like as a puppy (though since I am part basset I was probably longer and had a bigger head and feet). Mary & thelori talked for a bit while mum showed Henry to us pups I could care less of the little thing, Josh kept trying to be all "I am the alpha bow down to me" and Baxter was kinda scared of the moving squeaky toy that kept trying to play with him. She then showed Henry to the human boys, and after that brought him up the another one of our neighbors (owners of Lacey) to show the human girls & see what the pug would think. Of course the two pup fell in love and played like crazy. Then mom brought Henry back down and he actually tried to play with moi! Crazy wipper snapper.

Well I have to go, it has been a long day of putting up with puppies.
Wuff ya!
-Murph Man

My interview with the pawsome Raja Babu!

RB: How did you come to your forever home?

Murphy: It had been a little bit since mom's first dog Nelson passed on and she had really been wanting another pup but they had just moved into a new house and they where very busy. Then on the first week of December five years ago she was doing some early Christmas shopping at a local mall with her mom & brother .There used to be a small shelter (they have since moved) in the mall and mom went in like always & looked around. Then she spotted a skinny, almost bald, long shaped dog shaking in the back of a pen. She knelt down to my cage and called me over. Once she saw my stunning brown eyes that was it! I had my forever home. I was given to the shelter after my old owners decided that they didn't want to bring me with them when they moved. I was brought in with my "wife" and two "children" I had been there for a bit but my family got adopted very fast. My old owners took very poor care of me and my hair had been terribly matted where they had to shave me down almost all the way and I was terribly underweight. I was also not treated right in my old home and had some fear aggression issues that mom has since worked with me on and I no longer have that issue.

RB: How did you get your forever name?
Murphy: My name was formally Herby but my mom heard the name Murphy on a pet tv show and loved it. She called me the name and I came hopping. I was her Murph-Man from that day on!

RB: You live in Kansas. Most of us know about Dorothy and her dog. What is it like there?
Murphy: BOL. Well a lot of people say it is boring but mom simply loves it here it is the only home she has ever known. The weather is great (most the time) and we experience every type here. It is just an amazing place to live and a perfect place for us dogs (:

RB: You are a Lhasa/poodle mix. Is that a rare?
Murphy: Well actually I am bassa-lasha-poo (basst +lasha apso +poodle) And mom says I am pretty rare but I think I am just an average little mutt who likes long hops around the yard and eating noodles all night. Hehe.

RB: You live with Josh. How is it to share your house with other pups?
Murphy: It is great! He is my best buddy and we do everything together! He also helped me trust new people and come over my aggression.

RB: What is your favorite activity?
Murphy: Being with mommy and playing with my brother! Oh and going for walks & car rides!

RB: Tell us about a special incident in your life.
Murphy: Other then the day I came to my forever home It was probably when I met my brother Josh. At the time I only got along with two other dogs and one was bigger then me & the other was a female. Then about 2 months after coming home mom’s grandpa brought by his dog (who was a year old also and very social with everybody) Josh who he had raised from a puppy. Josh was very friendly like normal but I didn’t care, I was my grumpy unsocial self with him. But he was just so happy & loving and after 20 minutes we where playing like mom had never seen me play before! The six months after mom adopting me her grandpa moved into an apartment & Joshy came to live with us! From that day on my behavior did a three-sixty. I started to learn to not e afraid of new people because Josh trusted everybody and even though I still don’t like a lot of other dogs Josh taught me to act a little better around them and to put up with them. After adopting Josh into the home my aggression almost completely vanished and she could tell how much happier I was and now five years later I am a social and goofy little pup and life is gooooooooooooood!!

RB: Anything else you would like to add for our readers?
Murphy: Yes! Thank you to all my sweet plus fun pals you guys rock! And please remeber to spay/nueter and adopt from your local shelter. Oh and one last thing: "Raja Babu: Forever & always in our hearts" love you man!

xoxoxox
-Murph Man

Sigh...

Mom & and the grrls are of leaving in a hour even though I have knocked down all of her clothes and have slept in her suitcase they are stillleaving me......

See ya Monday!!!
-Murph Man

Ditched on thursday

Ok it is official. Tomorrow afternoon mom is abandoning me and heading for the lake with her mom and younger sister! Well I guess It won't be thaaat bad because mom's 2 brudders & her dad are going to be here. But then Carter & Evan (da brudders) are leaving me on Friday afternoon to join mom at the lake!!! So mom is just leaving me with her dad. And I think I am planning on hiding under the bed until mom comes home on Sunday. Her dad scares the fluff out of me! Sure he has never yelled at me or mistreated me but he still is pretty scary.

Well poor old me is staying here mom will be having a pawsome weekend at the lake. And Iam not happy that Louie is going to be there. The lake house they are going to belongs to neighbors/good friends of the peeps and they also are the owners of Louie the golden retriever and Lacey aka "the pug" (yes the same pug we had to pet-sit for a very long week). I would be fine with Louie if he wasn't in love with my mom!! His mom even calls her his girlfriend. Grrrr. It is so anoying how he follows her around, and "protects her" and brings her toys. Yuck.

Well I have to go, mom is going to finnish packing and I need to go and lay on her bed & "accidentally" knock everything off her bed. Again.

The very "neglected" Murph Man

Tagged!

I was tagged by the beautiful & kind hearted Skye! Check it out:

Copy these questions into your diary and then tag 6 of your other friends.

1. What color is your collar? Green.

2. What kind of food do you eat? Iams.

3. What are your favorite treats? I can be a picky eater sometimes though I eat almost any dog treats. My favorite kind of human food (other then meat) is pasta.
4. Do you have a Valentine or significant other? No I am a swinging bachelor.
5. Do you get Table Scraps? Well I am not supposed to, though once & while mom will give me bits of something good.

6. What is your favorite toy? Well I never really learned how to play because I came from a bad home before meeting mom. And just last year (at age 5) I started to learn how to play with toys, & my favorite toy is a rope/stuffie in a shape of a poodle. My loofah dog & socky toy tying for second.

7. When is your Birthday? We don't really know I was a year old when mom got me, so she made my gotcha day my birthday. Which is December 9th.

8. How many times a day do you get to eat? I eat twice a day. I get breakfast after mom wakes me up & lets me outside, and dinner around 5pm-6pm.

9. Do you have a favorite color? Well not really, but mom's favorite color is green so since I am 100% mama's boy I guess it is mine also! BOL.

10. Do you hope all your pals put this in their diary? Yes! I love to read my pals diaries and can't wait to see what they put!

I tag.....Tillie, Murphy, Ella, Teddy, Missy, and Ando.

Rain rain go away, don't come back until after Sunday!!

Yup thats what I am chanting! Yesterday it rain poured for hours and flooded the streets, and there where only short periods of time where Josh, the pug, and myself could go outside and go potty. Today hasn't been as bad but it is still very cloudy out and has already rained a bit this morning but atleast we can see the sun! And now mom is all stressed out because the weather dudes are saying there is a 40% chance of rain on Sunday! What is so special about this Sunday you might ask? Well it is the 22nd annualDog-n-Jog, which we have been waiting for over a year. We went for the first time ever last year to this event had the best time ever, Josh even won a costume contest! This event helps to raise money for the local humane society, and many times actually helps homeless pups find homes because their are volunteers that bring adoptable pups their so they kind find thier new furmily. We are counting down the days for this event, and mom is even making Josh a spock costume and we will see if he can be the costume winner 2 years in a row. But like I said all this fun might be in jepordy because of that 40% chance of rain, so pups please send god vibes this way on Sunday so that it doesn't rain that morning. Heck it can rain all the days up to it, even after the event but please not during the event because dog-n-jog helps so many pups and is a huge fundraiser for the human society.

Well gotta go the pug is starting to bother me.
xxxx
Murph Man

Goodies Galore...

I love the UK, wana know why? Well it is because they have the sweetest pups! Yesterday I got a special package from the mail dude, and it was from my new pal Teddy! See mom signed me up about a month ago for a cool summer gift exchange taking place in the plus fun forum and we just had to join in on the fun. And man was I a happy little man when my goodies came all the way from across the pond, see yesterday was also the start of a long week. We are pug sitting a 6month old pup named Lacey, she is Louie's sister, and unlike Lou who can spend most of the time up at there house (they live a few houses down from us) Lacey has to spend a lot of time down here bugging me. Yesterday she wasn't too bad, but boy was I stressed out! And the goodies sure helped make the day a bit better, but listen to this: Mom wouldn't let me have the goodies! I know torture. Mom said that the toys & treats might cause a fight because Lacey is always close by. Dang pug. But this afternoon mom let me get the goods while the pug was taking a nap, here is what I got:
-A very comfy star blanket (that mom tucked into my dog bed)
-A adorable long dog stuffy (One of my favorites!)
-A cool toy that is a mix between a ball & a stuffy
-A tiny little squeaky bear
-Hot dog treats for us pups (Oh my dog they are so good!)
-A packet of mixed dog treats

See I told you Teddy was pawsome! Well I have to go and snuggle into my new pawsome blanket and then beg mom in a hour or so for another hot dog treat! Thanks again Ted, you rock!

-Murph Man

Adopt 09

An egg whisk, new oven mitts, and a cutting board. Those where the three things that my mother, brother & myself thought of getting while we where at the local Mall. It was the beginning of December and time for Christmas shopping, we knew that the Mission Mall had a great store that sold kitchen supplies and we needed to start getting some gifts for my dad.Those tree things where the main things we where planning on purchasing that day, maybe a few other things in the other shops but nothing big.
I got out of our car and followed my mom & twin brother into the small mall. We found our way to the kitchen store and browsed our selections, and bought a few things that caught our eyes.After buying our things we decided to stroll around the half empty mall and check out the other stores.
General Christmas music hummed through crackled speakers, and shops where decorated with sparkling wreaths & glowing green trees.We searched through several stores but left with nothing, on our way to one of the large stores I came up with the idea to stop by the small little animal shelter that we would pass by. The Pet Connection was a small animal shelter located in the mall, in the front it had nice roomy cages for cats and in the back where a couple dogs in pens (though the dogs went home at night with foster homes).We had stopped by the shelter many times but just looking around, and on that day we thought we would be doing the same. Just looking around not falling in love, but we where wrong.
We made our way through the cats and headed to the dogs, I gazed at the different dogs: three puppies in the corner, jumping & squealing for my attention, a large yellow dog in the middle chewing on a mangled stuffed toy, a small black dog sleeping away the day in a large kennel. I was just going to ask my mom if she was ready to leave when she called me over.I came to her & found her knelt down by a dog pen I knelt by her, and I asked her what she wanted to show me and she just pointed forward. I looked up to see a long & little grey dog shaking in the back of the pen his grey & black fur shaved down very low to his skin, a large red bulky harness hugged his body, and his deep brown glowing eyes showed a shimmer of sorrow. I looked up at my mom and we both smiled, there was something special about this scared little dog. A few seconds later my mom popped out her cell phone & dialed a number while I read this sad little dog's story. As I read more & more about him my heart grew more attached, his name was Herby and was brought in by his old owners with another dog (his "wife") and two puppies (his "kids")after they decided they where going to move and didn't want to deal with their pets any more.TPC almost didn't take the four dogs but after seeing what bad shape Herby was in they couldn't say no.Herb was a 1year old lasha-basset-poodle mix, when he was brought in his fur was so tangled & matted you could hardly tell he was a dog. As soon as they got him they shaved off all that wild fur, he had probably never been groomed or had a bath in his entire life, only to find how skinny he was, you could see just about every bone in his body. Poor little Herb had been there for over a week or so and was the only one left his kids where the first to find homes, and then his "wife" (a yorkie mix) found a home soon after but nobody wanted Herby.
After reading his story I was hooked, I looked up at my mom and saw that she had called our former neighbor Carol to tell her about Herby.Carol had suddenly lost her beloved purebred lasha Jackson about a year ago to cancer, and when my mom first saw Herb she thought of Jackson.Though while on the phone with Carol Herby very slowly trudged over to us, and timidly sniffed our fingers and even let me pet him.That was it, my mom told Carol she couldn't have him because he was coming home with us.By that time my brother had also joined us & he to had surcome to Herby's charm and also fell in love. My mom them made another call, this time to my dad asking him to come down & bring the two other kids and see Herb.He was a little reluctant at first, for many reasons one was we weren’t completely ready for a dog we had only been our house for little bit over a year & didn't even have a fence up.But my mom him that this dog was meant for us, he finally gave in & told her had to finish up his pot-roast and gather the little ones and they would be there in 15 minutes.In the mean time Herby became a little bit more comfortable with us as we talked, my mom told me how much he looked like her loved fur child Rosie that she lost many years ago.I told her what really stole my heart was his eyes, I had never (and still haven't) seen a dog have eyes like this one his eyes where so thickly brown & had such a beautiful tent it melted my heart every time I looked into them.
When my father & siblings arrived Melody, the manager, showed us into a small greeting room placed Murphy in with us.He came up to me a few times but most the time sat shacking in the corner, my parent's talked about him and I joined in telling my father we had to bring him home that he was the dog for us. We ultimately decided to sleep on it & and we left. For the next two days I couldn't get those loving eyes out of my head I just couldn't stop thinking about him.Then on December 9th when my mom picked me up she told me the news, that day she had gone back to TPC and met with Herby's foster mom and signed the adoption papers. I was ecstatic. We had to wait a day or two because he had to get neutered but I didn't care, I finally had my dog.
The Friday of that week my mom, my three siblings and myself piled in the car and headed to a vet office thirty minutes away to pick up our newest family member. We waited anxiously in the waited room and when I saw the nurse walk out with our new friend I about did a black flip. We welcomed him with loving pets and sweet coos of "Hi there buddy!" and "You are going to love it at your new home". We hustled back into our car and coaxed our scared new companion to join us, he finally jumped in and joined me in the front seat where I comforted him as he shook rapidly in fear and panted heavily. On our way home we stopped by Pet smart & picked up our supplies, and when we finally got home it was pitch black and had begun to snow. I jumped out of the car, Herb following me, while the other kids ran in the house for dinner. I walked him around the perimeter of our home and told him that he didn't have to be scared any more, he was home and to my surprise that is when he finally stopped shaking.
When we adopted Herb we where told that he was great with kids and loved other dogs and cats, this information was given to the shelter by his owners and it didn't take long to see that his owner's truly didn't know much about him. In our first week with him we changed his name to Murphy, and had started a routine though not everything went smoothly. Murphy began chasing and trying to attack our old cats, Emma & Maggie, and showed aggression to other dogs and even people & kids.
Within a month of owning him Murphy's problems worsened, when we finally got our fence up he began escaping not by digging but by squeezing through our fence panels which have only a 3 3/4" gap (yes he was that skinny). His housetraining also wasn't coming along like it should have, we did everything but being the stubborn boy he was it was harder then we thought. At this time he also acquired a new habit, chewing. I would wake up to find the remains of one of my sibling's stuffed animals in his kennel, though stuffed toys the only things he stole he also devoured several pencils, crayons, any kind of plastic toy he could find, socks, and just about anything else he shouldn't. On top of that his aggression started becoming more intense also, by that time he had bit each of my siblings at least twice, two of my friends, and at least three other kids under 13, and myself. But I was not about to give up on him, I had taken this dog he was home now and here he was going to stay.I told myself whatever it took he would not be going back to the shelter, I knew there was a loving and sweet dog inside of him instead of this fearful and aggressive dog that was him now. I just had to find a way to coax him out.
I began reading every article I could find, watching every TV show on dog behavior, and buying every book on dog behavior problems I could get my hands on. I started with the simpler things, buying chicken wire to keep him from escaping. Getting the best raw hid chew bones I could find to keep him from chewing up things he shouldn't and working with him on simple commands & housetraining everyday. A few more months passed by & his housetraining became perfect, he stayed in his yard, and stuck with only chewing on raw hide bones. But even though his other problems cleared up his aggression didn't get even a small bit better. It actually began to get worse, it went from him being fearful, scared and possessive to just being uncalled for.He would go after my brother's friends for now reason, one time fiercely attacking his heals & shoes when all the boy did was walk into the house. At that point I started to get frustrated, but I couldn't give up on my promise. I just couldn't.
That’s when boot camp started, not just for Murphy but for my family & me. My siblings learned that getting in his face & bothering him when he was on the couch or chewing on his rawhide where a big NO, and Murphy learned that when he growled or bit on the when he was on the couch he got pushed off the couch and couldn't get back on the rest of the day. I taught him to trust people, showing him with treats whenever he was around new people, having my siblings & friends feed him and having him experience new surroundings & situations.
He began to progress but even with all my research there was something missing and I couldn't figure it our. Then during Spring Brake of the year we got Murphy, we found our missing link. My grandfather owned a 1year old male Westie named Josh, and he would bring Josh over every Saturday & to our surprise Josh & Murphy became best friends and loved each other. Josh came to live with us that Spring Brake after my grandfather moved into an apartment, and we happily accepted.
Josh is a dog who loves everybody, dogs & people, and this very much worked to our advantage with rehabilitating Murphy. We started calling Josh "Murphy's therapy dog" because he showed him that people are our friends not our enemies and in less then two weeks of owning Josh, Murph started going up to people on his own and his aggression started to slowly disappear. That loving & sweet dog had finally 100% arrived.
Murphy's personality began to shine, he quickly started becoming a mama's boy stalking me around the house and constantly licking me & showing compassion towards me. I quickly began to fall in love with him even more as his adorable quirky nature made me smile each day, things like how he doesn't run but instead hops, or how he likes to throw his chew bone across the room then jump on it and throw across the room ten more times, or even how he becomes insanely jealous if I love on Josh & not him always made me laugh even in times I thought laughing was impossible.
Even though when I first adopted him I thought I was the one rescuing him but little did I know, he would be the one rescuing me.
As the years flew by and Murphy’s behavior just kept getting better, things seemed to go the opposite way for me. Bad news plagued my days and crying for more then an hour straight became a daily event. He seemed to be the only constant thing in my life, I seemed to rely on him on so much and he never let me down. He would wake me up with his stinky kisses and a good paw slap in the face when I felt getting up wasn't worth it, he was the thing I looked forward to when I came home he was my shining star in my time of darkness.
Adopting Murphy was one of the best decisions of my life, he was a dog that needed a lot of TLC and a lot of love and I was so happy to give him that. And in my time of need he was my savior, he has shown me the true compassion and devotion a shelter dog can give & because of that all of my dogs will be rescue babies. Murphy has also give me some what of a purpose, that purpose is helping shelter dogs like him. "His" shelter is now in a large facility & saves so many lives, every weekend I spend about five hours there taking pictures for petfinder and helping wherever needed.And during the week I edit the dog & cat's online profiles and spread the word about this shelter. I have always been an animal fanatic and I have always wanted to help animals but have never found my way to but because of Murphy I am now doing something I have dreamed about for a long time.
Murphy is my best friend and constant companion, and it still eludes my mind how anybody could mistreat this amazing dog.
So to anybody who is considering getting a dog please check your shelters & rescue groups, who knows the dog that you rescue might just end up rescuing you.

Take A Look!

Hi Pals! Well me & the furless are a little bit bored and thought it would be fun to show off some of adoptable cuties here in the Kansas & Missouri area. We will shows dogs of all different kinds of breeds but also want to especially show ones of pitties because there are so many sweet pitties around.
Please just look, if you can't adopt then maybe donate or maybe spread the word to a friend or just look for fun and smile when you see these cuties!:

Missouri:
Maybelline (Pitty Princess)
Daisy (Whippador!)
Zarrha (Brown Eyed Beauty)
Scooby (Jack Russel Boy!!)
Floyd (Handsome Labra-boxer boy!)
Honey (Beautiful Blonde **she is heartworm positive & needs your help**)
Nutmeg (Vizla-Boxer gal with a sweet smile!!)

Kansas:
Rags (beautiful chow gal)
Velvet (a black pearl!!)
Nolan (Aussie Boy!!)
Rowland (Spotted pointer buddy)
Puffy (Just look at that sweet GSD smile!!)
Little No Name (he looks like an Archie! BOL)
BO (he is one happy dude)

Have a great day pals, and remember to spay & neuter and of course opt to adopt!!
Mr.Man

Rottie Prayers & A Baby Peep

Happy Easter pups! I hope you guys had a grrrrreat day today, I did! The kiddos woke up early to hunt for eggs the big rabbit brought and even helped them sniff out a few. And then the family left around 12am to go to Aunt Tamala's & Uncle Tim's house and they came back around 6pm. Even though me and Josh had to stay home, that was fine with me. I like my "a lone" time. Mom had fun also, seeing all of her family peeps. They even have a baby peep!!Well the baby peep (Dayton) is going to be a big boy soon, he s turning one in May. One word fur you........PAWTAY!!! WOOHOO! Mom loves the baby peep but she also loved seeing Cruze, her Aunt & Uncle's rottie. Uncle T (not to be mixed up with Mr.T) found Cruze several years ago when he just came up to his house. And it was fate, even though they are not sure of Cruze's past he was probably abused because he used to be soooo scared of the oddest things. But he is a purebred rottie, and I love him! Mom is not sure why, because normally I don't like other dogs especially males but averytime I see handsome Cruze I wag my tail and get all flirty and then try and "hug" my cousin but he doesn't like it very much. BOL. Well when it was pray time before lunch everyone joined hands and Cruze of went and sat by mom. Though right before auntie Robin started the prayers he walked over to her, and when she did start he sat on her feet and started nudging her! So she added "And thank you for the loving and wonderful animals in our lives" and of course at that time he gave her a big slobbery rottie kiss on her hand! BOL.
*Yawn* Wowzers, look at the time! I am tired, well gotta go snuggle with mom!
Murph Man Snuggles

You OK buddy?

I am worried about my best friend and westie brother Josh. He has not been feeling well he has had a very bad case of the "poopies" and is now breathing hard. Mom thinks he got sick from our puppy cousin Baxter who stayed fur a week and left on Sunday. He first had the "poopies" and is still sick. Mom always thinks it is a little funny how the shelter mutt (me!!) never really seems to get sick but the purebred westie (Josh) does all the time. BOL.But I am a tough dude, so mom thinks that I will probably dodge this doggy flu thats going arond. Well gotta go, it's nap time!!
Mr. Man

Dog Days Of Painting!

Woohoo! I am todays Dog Days Of Summer Dog of the day today 3/23/09! Woohoo! Thank Terry Stanley, I love it and mom says that she really did a great job of expressing my beautiful eyes! Wana see my bootiful photo? Take a look! Don't you just love it?
Well a big manly man kisses to Terry Stanley for making me such a grrreat painting & to all my pals fur my congrats!
Lub you guys
Mr.Man

Advice from a sleeping expert

Well since mom says Iam one silly & sound pup when it comes to sleeping so I thought it might be fun to list my top 5 sleeping places & top 5 sleeping positions.
Place-
1)On mom's feet (on her bed)
2)On my human brudders head
3)In my new doggy bed(though it was originally Josh's, hehehe)
4)On the living room floor (restng my head on the table leg of the coffee table)
5)On the couch pillows (hince my nickname- Prince(ess) Laya On Da Pilla!)

Favorite positions-
1)Belly up!
2)Legs spread out ake "The Froggy lay"
3)Snuggled up into a ball of fuzz
4)My head propped up against something
5)And totally pooped out laying on my side (I prefer the right)


Your silly sleeper
Murph Da Man

It's all good!

The fridge is back! And it sall never ever leave again! NEVER! Also some good news.....for one of the first times ever I played FETCH!! I was being a hyper little fuzz ball so mom got out my favorite poodle rope toy from my brother Joshy's pal Maggie last woofmas. Recently in the past few years I have started to play with toys, and today was one of the first times I ever played actual fetch! Mommy threw the toy down the hallway and I always hopped after it, jumped on it, shook it, and then happily hopped back to her. We did this for 30minutes and then It was nap time. Also it snowed a whole bunch here so me & Joshy had super duper fun running like crazy through the thick fluffy snow!! But I am one pooped pup so bark with yall later!
Murph Da Man

NO NOT THE FRIDGE!!!!!!!!

The fridge is gone. Which means the food is gone. Which means I am going to starve! OMD SOME ONE HELP ME! They took the f-ah-rid-gah! Ok.Ok.Ok. Well see we are getting new tile in the kitchen well to put it down I guess they had to take away the fridge. And of course it took forevvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeer! And now the fridge is in the car cave and the food is in coolers. That is no way to treat a fridge mama, no way.
Oh woeful me why the fridge. Why?

Twas the night before woofmas and.........I WANT MY BONE!

I.need.a.bone. Tonight will be my third night with out a chewy bone! UGH. I need my bones! I realive stress and anger with those bones, plus they are very satisfying for my tummy. Well I guess I do not have to wait any longer! Santa paws is coming to town tonight ya know, and is bringing goodies for all the good pups ya know, and well I mean I am definatly on his nice list.Ok he might have some trouble deciding on which list I belong to because well I wasn't a saint all year....I guess. But look at this face! *Points to main photo* How could you not bring this cutie a brand new large sized braided rawhide bown with red and green rawhide ribbons!! ;) tehehe.
Well happy woofmas all!
Murph Man

Birthday Boy!

It's my barkday woo woo woo. My sixth one, I know I know I am no longer a little man I am now a BIG man! Yeah! I was all excited in the morning. I gets extra lovin on my birthday, presents, and more FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD! I was havin a great barkday I had jut opened my super duper pawsome braided rawhide and was happy boy Murph. But the 8 year old human girl came over and got in my face, I felt unsecure and well bit her in the face. I got in trouble (yes on my birthday) but I did apologize to her later on and brought her my new bone and put it on her lap. So all is well, and then I got a super duper lip smackin good dinner. Yum.
Well just thought I would give you the barkday sum up!
Murph Man

Me DOTD?????

It was a normal day. Mom had a stressful day & had to finnish a paper so she logged on to the computer, I was snoozing on the pillow besides her, when she decided to go & check her e-mail. She was puzzled that she had 40 e-maisl when yesterday she only had 1. Then the thought of that I might be DOTD glanced through he mind but she shook it off. Then she got to one of her last e-mails. YEP I AM DOGGY OF THE DAY! WOOT WOOT! PAWTY OVER HERE! PAWTY OF HERE!!
Well mom started freaking out, and saying "Murph my little man! HQ picked you as dotd!!!!!!" And I stretched over to her gave her a kiss and layed ontop of the warm computer. It was kinda my way to thank HQ I guess you could say ;) Well mom bragged like crazy & I even got a special dinner! Josh was jealous of course. Mom will make sure & send thank yous through out the week pawmis!
Also a HUGE thank you to my best pal Tillie Mae for making a a dotd thread for me. And thank you to Smurphy for making a dotd thread for me in plus fun.
You guys all rock my socks off! (If i wore socks)
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-Murph the man

SHE DIDN'T LEAVE ME!

Mama is home! Since Sunday! Oh I have been so luvey duvey with her. I lub my mama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Uh oh where did she go? Where? Ahhhhhhhh! MOOOOMMMMYY!
Mama's boy for life
-Murph

See you pals Sunday

Mom is leavin in a hour. I have been stalking her around the house waiting until she says: "Okay Murphy, wana go for a ride?" But those magical words have not come out of her mouth. Sigh. MAMA DON'T LEAVE ME! again!

Why mama? Why?

Mom and the fam. are going to the lake tomorow at noon and will be Sunday. I cannot believe she is doing this to me! AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why mama!? Why?

Adopt 2008: My Story

Many pals know my "happily ever after story" but it is a great time to tell everywoof because I am entered in the wonderful Adopt 08 contest hosted by handsome Gibbon!Well it all started on a cold december afternoon.Mom her mother, & her motherwere at the Mission mall (which is no longer) doing some christmas shopping.They always stopped by the small animal shelter inside to look at all the cats and the dogs they had.They weren't looking for a dog,just moving into a new house not to long ago & still grieving the loss of their beloved sprinkler dog who died a year or two earlier.Mom was going crazy over every dog.She then saw somthing that caught her eye.A samller,skinny,bakd,grey & black curly haired dog.With a big red harness & the most beautiful hazel eyes you ever did see.He heart went out to this pooch as he was walking around the fenced in little area,shaking,eyes darting trying to figure out what the heck he did wrong to end up in a place like this.Mom stared at this dog for a moment but went on to the other dog near this sacred woofer (still thinking of him).Then her mom called her over.Her mom had fallen for the same skinny,shaved dog.They looked at the Id tag:
Name: Herb
Age:One Year
Breed:Lasha-Poodle mix
Story: Owners moved, left him with us along with his "wife" (a yorkiepoo) and his two "kids" (all adopted already).
Before mom knew it her mother whipped out her cell & called their old neighbor & good friend Carol who had just lost her beloved Lasha Jackson a year ago.She told Carol about this dog.Five minutes later she called Carol back to say "Sorry Carol, you can't have him!He's coming home with us!"Mom was floating on cloud nine as she gave the dog's ears a good scratchin.They told Carter to come over and see the dog, & of course the dog worked his magic & made another person fall in love with him.Mom's mom thought how he looked like a miny Nelson and a bit like her old dog Rosie.A few minutes later,Mom's dad was on the phone and bother women were telling him to pack up the other kids in the car & scoot their boots over here!Of course he protested "But, I am kind of in the middle of cooking a pot roast.I can't just leave it in the oven!"But he was convinced in no second knowing how much to them.They had a "meeting" with the dog and fell in love. They went home thinking,wanting,needing that Herbinator.A few days later mom's mom broke the news.In a few days the grey dog was coming home! And guess what?That little stud muffin was no other than,MOI!After a bit, they found a better name than Herb.Murphy (the best name in the world ya know).They soon learned alot about me.That I was abused,when I was adopted I was shaved because I was very very matted & my hair was a complete & utter mess!I was also not fed alot, because I was very underweight.The humans put alot together that I was probably kept outside for a good amount of time, and that I was afriad of big dogs.But always ready to hold my own!Now I bring you to present day. I am loved more than you can ever imagine (and it didn't take me long to find out what a mommy was, and I was glued to mom's hip.I love my mom so much!),I fed all the good stuff,I have a big backyard that I can play in, and nice house I can sleep nap and be spoiled rotten.I have a bootiful fluffy coat that the humans never let get to long or matted.I also have my beloved westie pal Josh as my brofur!See when my furmily got me my "grandpa" had a westie pup around my age but when he moved Josh came to live with us & we are best buds and LOVE to snuggle and play with! We are best buds for ever & day.I love my family, and my family loves me.Mom can't even begin to think what life would be like without her little man. If they just left the shelter that day, or just went to a breeder to get a dog. Tof find your true love & best friend, adopt today and make a shelter dog's fondest dreams come true! I know mine did!
OPT TO ADOPT TODAY!
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Pup of the month!

Well, many of you know that I have started a dogster prayer thread to help woofers get through hard times (kind of a dogster version of the very succesful & original catster purr list). And I am able to update it here & there and I enjoy doing it but I have been getting sweet gifts & notes from kind pups thanking me! Awwww I am flattered!Also the wonderful dogster group PAWS angels WAGS for kindess has honored me as their dog f the month for April!Here is the paw-mail I got notifying me of the great honor from Scooter:
"Hi there Murphy...I sent you a pmail a couple of weeks ago about how wonderful I thought your thread was in the Get Well Forum.
Well, after discussing it with the administrators of PAWS Angels WAGS for Kindness, we have decided to name you our dog of the month!
Below is the message that was sent out to our members and we are also setting up a thread. Thanks for all you do for your fellow pups on dogster!
Scooter

Hiya pups and kitties,
As most of you know, each month the administrators choose a pup or a kitty (alternates each month) who we feel has shown themselves to go above and beyond the acts of giving love and kindness.
The Dog of the Month of April is Murphy!
http://www.dogster.com/dogs/356177
Murphy is truly a special pup! I was going through the "Get Well Forums" one day and found a very special thread, titled, "Dogster Is In Need of Prayers".
Murphy went out on his own and began this thread:
http://www.dogster.com/forums/Get_Well_Soon/thread/ 505981
He takes a lot of time to search for pups who are need of prayers and he posts their stories and links to their pages. I sent him a personal pmail to let him know how wonderful he was for doing it.
Please take the time to drop by Murphy's page...send him a pmail or pup pal request, drop him off some treats, or give him a rosette thanking him for all that he does.
Thank you Murphy for all that you do!
PAWS Angels Administrators,
Scooter, Jazzi, Pie, and Dezi"
Thanks guys! You are all make me feel so pawsome I cannot even describe it!!

Mama don't leave me again crazy woman!

OMD! Mom came home after what seemed like forever at around 9:30 at night on Thursday. She walked in the door as the family were moving the jeep out of the garage so they could park the van.Josh & me were already at the door because we always are when hear the humming of the garage opening. But we thought it might be Tracy the neighbor who had been taking care of us. In a total of 12 seconds mom had walked in the door greeted us fallin to her knees scooped us both in her arms, smothered us with kisses and sweet talked us like crazy.That night we stalked mom around and the entire family as the got situated and got unpacked and everything then it was finally bed time. I leaped onto my normal spot but scooted closer to mom just to make sure didn't leave me while I was asleep.Mom slept in till 30minutes passed noon she was dog-on-tired and I got up once to go pee and eat breakfast but was back spooning with her in less than 20 minutes.I am still not ready to have her leave my sight today but mom needs her "space" cha. If you want a little man you get no space! BOL.
Happy Easter Everywoof!
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-Murph

Mama, why must you leave me!?!

*Sigh* Mom and family are leaving for Denver early morning tomorow. On Friday afternoon she found out her 34 year old cousin Dylan, who she had only met about two times, was in a coma. His roomate had found him in the coma that morning. Our family and the hospital did everything they could to save him but he became a sweet-heart of a angel later that night. Dylan left behind two small daughters (he had a wife but sadly they got divorced not to long-ago), many friends, and a adoring family who misses him very much.The doctors are trying right now to find what caused Dylan to go into the coma. Since Dylan lived in Colorado and grew up there that is were the memorial service will be held. Mom is a bit excited to go, because she hasn't been to Denver (she went to Estes Park CO. in summer 06 w/ a group of friends) in years! Her entire maternal side of the family is coming. Any who they are hitting the road for this impromptu trip tomorow arouns 7am, getting to the hotel they will be staying at with take a while because going from Kansas to Colorado is a ten hour drive! And with a car crammed with six people (4 of which are children), it might tae a bit longer. Later today she is going to have Tomi Lee and her younger brother RJ (they are neighbors and friends of ours, Tomi is 13 and RJ is 11) come over so we can show them how to take care of Josh,Maggie, and me for the three days the feeders are away their parents will helping a little bit to of course. I know the kids but I want my mommy! I know they are leaving seeing the suitcases and the clothes laying out...I know!So I have refused to eat no breakfast, in protest that mommy won't leave me behing.So far....It's not working at all and I am hungry (BOL).Well te furmily will be back late Thursday night, mum might have 30 minutes on Tuesday night to go on dogster if they get to the hotel at a fair amount of time but sadly chances are I won't be-able to go on dogster for three days! Love you all, and will see you on Friday.
Woofs & Wags
-Murph

Some weekend........

This was definatly not my weekend! On Friday mom had that day off, so she thought it would be a perfect day to give me a bath.I never saw it coming.It was later in the afternoon, and mom first cleaned my ears which was no big deal. Then she got out two towels and set one in the middle of the living room, I was snoozing on the couch one eye open but not caring. Then she took off my collar and set it by the towel, again not caring. Then she got out the blow drying and plugged it in, this made me open both eyes.I was about to fall back asleep when she scooped me up and brought me down stairs sat me on the couach and headed to other part of the basement collected a few things and then I herd water running, then after 3 minutes it stopped. She came backed picked me up and put me into the water, and it all started from there.After the bath was over (which seemed like Forevvvvvvvver!) she brushed me and blow dryd me,(that took around a hour) then I had to get my nails clipped and my teeth brushed with special doggy toothpaste.The day was somewhat okay after that, Saturday and Sunday were a nice nap day but it was very cold and I got in trouble a few times. Today I got scared and squealed like a little baby pig! Mom thought it was adorable but felt bad for me and scooped me up in her arms, that I didn't mind.But mommy is tired, and very stressed! And of course when mommy is nervouse/stressed I feel her pain. Oh and not to mention mom has been a slacker, she had a long weekend but seemed to get nothing done! (dogster wise and here wise)
*sigh* maybe this week will be better.
Time for a nap and *yawn* maybe I can actually finally relax.
woofs and wags
-Murphy

Winter, is for the birds!

Ugh, I am not enjoying this cold weather. I think it is numbing my reactions becauyse the other day I was doing a jump in the air because the furless were about to feed me dinner, but I loss track of my feet and they slipt under me and my head came crashing down to the florr and I hit my chin. OUCH!But don't worry after about 10seconds I was back Up barking to be fed again BOL.But I think the cold weather had een messing up mom's brain! She says she has been to busy for dogster *rolls eyes* *sigh* humans.We get on about everyday, but many days can't update my blog,post alot on the forums, bark with my beloved pals (I MISS YOU TILLERS!).Anywho I may be fluffy as heck but I get my little butt frozen off, but don't worry after being outside for 5 minutes I let the humans know I am turning into a furry ice-cube and give some yelping barks wich usually does the trick.Another odd thing is everyone says that two-leggers are known to get colds and such in the winter well mom thinks I may be a bit sick.Not eating as much,sleeping more,not as playful,not as active, some odd behavior. She is worried about me, but she knows it will be over before you know it! *yawn* well I have to get going I need to take a 20 minute nap before chewing on my bone then collapsing into a nice night sleep.
Barks & Wags
-Lil Man

So Iam in this contest........

Hey everypup, mom entered me in the Dog Channel.com (aka Dogfancy and such) online virtual dog show! You can enter different catagories with your photos.
First place is a pawsome heated bed! Second is a designer doggy toy box (that could defiantly be helpful! BOL) and Third place is Petmate pet steps! I know those are some rad prizes. Well I would just be very very very grateful if a few of you pups could spare a wittle vote.
Here are the catagories I am entered in so far:
Best Feed Me Look
Longest Tounge
Most stylish (I know my age is wrong on that one)
Best Eyes
Best Smile
Best Coat
Now you don't have to vote for me in every catorgorie and I do not wish to win ever catagorie! Now to vote you just follow my links, and up in the corner is a button that says "Vote for this dog". Click that. Now it will ask you to sign up or login in to dog channel if you have a count, login if you don't i would say maybe make one (you don't have to of course:) it is jst a fun website to belong too. It really is. You can make a page there, kind like dogster, learn info enter contests ect. Lots O' fun. Now if you decide to enter than paw-mail me and I would be glad to vote for you.
Wowza. I was just scanning through the compotition and I think i already have a idea who shall win, there is some rufffff comp. So i probably won't win but that will be okey dokey with me :) And the fact that mom votes for half the pups in the contest is probably a factor also. Bol!
THANK YOU ALL VERY VERY MUCH!
Big huge Sloppy Murph Man Kisses!

Petconnection! & Bawsley!?

Mommy was a the animal shelter for a good while yesterday! She and Lori were at Petconnection (yes the shelter I came from! WOOT!)
They donated some old rugs some old blankets, some home-made pup treats, some Dingo rawhide meaty chews and a thing of kitty toys that mummy got from the local super store.She also took photos of some of the adoptable dogs & cats so they can post the photos on petfinder.It was pawsome!Then later that day Bawsley a male older boxer who seems to always wander from his house came over for the second time ever. (he came over one in the summer). We did a bit of digging and found were he lives, the next street behind us but his owners were not home.It was freeeeeeeeeeezing out and he didn't have a fully fenced yard. So we left a note with phone # and adress and took Bawsley Back to our house.He ended up staying the night in our heated backporch.He was a very gooooooood dog (says mommy, I wanted nothing to do with the goof!)It turned out his pawrents worked late and came home late and since it was very late they saw the note but didn't want to wake anyone and such.So they picked him up around 8:30am or so.
Well I have been a very tired pooch So I am off to chew up my bone and sleep tell the sun shines!
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-Murph

Family, lovin

It was a good day! Around 2:30 in the afternoon, Grandpa Jim came over.(The grandpaw that used to own Joshy) I was happy too see him, like always. Mommy told me some of the other family member's on Lori's side were coming over today.I should have known, the David bought all this food from the store and lots of it was on platters. It was a great day. I got some lovin, and scraps of food here and there, and now I am snoozin away.Well actaully not at the moment, I am off to chew on my beloved bone!Well Nighty Night!
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-Murph

2008 Baby!

Happy New Year! This year I wasn't even that afraid Of the fireworks! Well any who this year I want to help many shelter pups. Like Sammy who is my adoptale pal of the week! Sorry it is a bit late been, busy busy busy. Well wittle Sammy is a sweet 4 month old Chi who cannot wait to have a forever home, a family to snuggle with someone to love forever and ever.Well I hope you all had a great new year well so far! (BOL) Well I have to hop along, bark with you all later!
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-Little Man

I had a barktacular woofmas!!

I sure had a great woofmas, thats for sure. Santa stuffed my stocking (well I share "my' stocking with Joshy but you get the point) with goodies for both me and the white "boy". We each got a little baggy from land of paws with a rawhide bone in the shape of a candy cane (which I really am enjoying at this very second!) and a tummy twirling, dog biscuit. It was fat one that looked like a milk bone biscuit but it was dark bigger, and it had special doggy icing (three diffrent colors! red,white and green. Mmmm) And it even had special sprinkles! I sure enjoyed that, mom took a video of me enjoying it and a few GREAT photos of me in the snow with her Brand new camera that she simply adores like crazy! (woot) but it went crazy later that day and all the pcitures went "POOF!" :(
But she is still taking some of me so I should have some new photos up soon :)
Any woof I also got a busy bone for woofmas too! After the huamsn left around 11am to the human uncle's house for about 5hours Josh & Me were able to enjoy our yummy delight. And one last present that totally shocked our entire furmily that santa paws gave us was a gold colored pair of....DOGGLES! Woot! Thanks Santa. Mom says I look way too adorable in them! Well I sure had a pawsome barkmas, that is a 100% sure. *yawn* well I am going to go snuggle then hit the sack and sleep with my new stuffie bud Thorton that my beloved pal Tillie gave too me! Thanks Again Tillers.
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-A Very Content Murph Man!

WOOT WOOT WOOT!

Santa Paws is coming tonight! WOOT WOOT WOOT! I cannot wait okay so I am off to chew on my old bone to keep me busy until the big guy comes. :D
-Murphy

My adoptable Pal Of this week: Jullian A handsome pitty mix

This week I have Jullian as my adoptable buddy of the week! I hope he finds his home very soon. He has been searching for a home for a year! He is a year old staffy/pittie mix who lives in Texas and really wants a forever home. Can you help this baby boy?

Shopping?

I sent out my package for Tillers today! The mail dude told mommy it will be at her house right before woofmas! I really wish mommywasn't out all day. But she was, she was shopping and running erands for HOURS with the Lori. She didn't even have time to load my new woofmas photos! Eeeek they won't get loaded in time! They are MUCH better than the other ones. And I need to load my new photos with "Thorton!" oh speaking of Thorton tillie adored the name Thorton for my little fluffy dude!
*yawn* well i better get into bed because i might want to get up early to do well lots of things! (BOL)
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-Murphy

I got a package today from Tillie!!

Today when mom got home she saw a huge backage on the dinning room table and saw it was from the pawsome Tillie! And even though Joshy has 2 packages I didn't care this one was for me! From the one and only Tillers! Mom turned into a small child once more and after water 15 minutes (BOL) she opened it! I was really interested in the bag of treats, shaped like ornaments, barkmas trees and such. But the big thing was the big huge adorable FLUFFY Stuffed sheepdog! It could even velcro around you waist arms or both! Mom even helped me name it (after I had a few treats, mom ran through a few names and took some photos) we came up with the name.........Thorton! Don't you just love it??
Well mom has been working like crazy and has been sick :( so Tillie's package will be sent out tomrow and will be late *whimpers* sorry Tillie.
Hugs!
Love you all!
A happy boy with his new bud Thorton!
-Murph

MY BARKDAY!

Wow I have had a grrrreat barkday! Not only is it my barkday it is my 4th gotcha day anifursary! I had my special dinner just a little bit ago! It was my normal dog food with some cottage cheese, alot of shreds of cheese, a carrot in the middle, and a few soft squishy noodles and a bit of broth! OMD IT WAS SO GOOD!!! I just opened my paresents. I don't need much just the other day i was playing and batting around a pumpkin eraser! Here is what I got-
**2 bones (JUST WHAT I WANTED!)
**A squeaky candy cane!
**Lots of treats
**And a hand-me-down doggy raincoat! (It used to be rosie's! Thank you angel rosie!)
And I cannot even say enough thank yous to the sweeties who sent me happy barkday paw-mails, rosettes, special gifts ect. THANK THANK THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
I had such a great day. I am now taking a nap with my family, I am one blessed boy!
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One more day Till me 5th Barkday and 4th Gotcha day!

Mom cannot even believe that tormow it will be four years that I have faithfully been by her side! I wuff my furmily so much and cannot believe I am five years old! Well I also decided to update my adoptable pal of the week (In hopes to keep my mind off were my barkday prezzies are! BOL)
Meet Zukey my adoptable pal of the week! She is a three year old beautiful pittie princess who is looking for a forever home! Zukey also has three legs! What a special girl!Don't be afraid she is a pitbull she is SUCH a love bug. And wouldn't hurt anything but a toy! Now help this beautiful girl find her forever home by visiting her page, who knows you could find your one true love!
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Shop Till Ya' Drop!

Mom,Lori and Josh (I was working on my handsome sleep at home) went to petco after the school was let out. They bought some barkday prezzies I know this for sure they also bought some wonderful stuff for my best buddie Tillers! She is going to love the presents!
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Snowy days........

Snow snow snow. It snowed all day but it will porbably all be gone by staturday then all be back times 10 on Monday BOL! But i played and played w/ joshy in the fuzzy cold white mounds. We made our run paths and I was covered in snow balls by the time I cam in. Hey maybe it will snow on my barkday? You kniw it's on Sunday ;)

Coolest pet contest finalists listed!

And sad to say my beloved pal Tillie did not win. But Dazzle won best in show! Woot congrats Dazzle and gongrats to all the winners!
But our good catster pal Gordy won best in show!
Well hugs to all!
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VOTE FOR TILLIE!

Hi Pals! First of all I cannot wait tomorow is thanksgiving! I am definatly thankful for my good pal Tillie. And guess what?! Tillie is a finalist in the world's coolest pet contest here on dogster!!
Here is the link to vote for best in show. If you scroll down and go into the working dog section you will soon see a photo of Tillie herding a big huge angry cow! She isn't the biggest pup in the world and the cow is H.U.G.E! But she is a tough girl! Tillie is one of the sweetest pups ever! And even if she doesn't win best in show i think she should win working dog but if she doesn't win at all she is going to always be a star in my eyes!
xoxoxoxoxox
-Murphy-

(Here is Tillie's dogter page)

Happy Birthday Mommy!

Today is my mommy's Birthday! And my human brother's b-day! (they are twins)I gave mom extra sloppy kisses this morning! But she didn't seem that happy though on the count of it was6am! BOL! Mom also has a late start day so she doesn't have to go to the that one smelly place for another hour! Well being the mama's boy I am I shall give mama extra extra love! Happy B-day Mama! Oh and hooman brother Carter to!

Halloween Contest At Petco

This morning was horrible.I had to have a bath.Josh actaully kind of enjoyed it! Because mom was in the bath tub (well we had a shower) with us so she could bathe us faster. I hated it; I dislike anything with water that does not invilve drinking it! (BOL) After our shower mom brushed me and used this wierd thing called a "Blow dryer" (she has used it before on me) Because It takes about 3 hours for my wet hair to dry! (BOL)
Then around Two In the Afternoon Joshy,Mom,Lori, and my little human boy Evan --10yrs--, and Me packed into the car. We were going to petco (we live about five minutes away from it) We parked and mom and Lori put my Giraffe costume on and Joshy's pirate costume on. It was a Howl-O-Weenn costume contest! There was some very very very tough compatition! All of the people were so Friendly & sweet and the animals so adorable and nice. There was even a black cat dressed as a witch! I wnated that cat. But I was actaully fairly okay. I only growled ONCE at a bulldog pup when he got a bit to close.
Well everyone adored my costume! But i didn't win. Wich was A-okay! I got a big bag of howloween treets (Joshy got one to!) Lots of coupons off toys & bones, and i got my picture taken, and oh so much love!
It was a good day.
-Murphy-

P.s I might have not won but my good pal Tillie won first place at her petco! Congrats Tills!

Got My Pawsome Prezzies From Tillie Today!!

Today when mom got home around 3:45pm after being home for a bit it was still very stromy and rainy outside. But mom went to get the mail and there sitting ontop of one of our pumpkins was a soggy package.-by then it was probably four BOL ;)- (Not to soggy because there is a little roof on our porch but still soggy BOL) Okay anyway, i saw mom bring it in and i did a bid ol' happy dance! And while she took what seemed forever to open it i kept sneezing (wich means I was happy and could not wait!)
Well here is what pawsome stuff Tillie sent me all the way from CA-
*A bag of healthy yummy dog treats (mom says i have to share with Josh!)
*A cow hoof field with yummy stuff!!! (because Tillie gets to go to her grandpas farm and herd cattle she wanted me to see what one smelt like so she bought me that yummy goodie!!)
*A wich Halloween Loofa Dog!!! Yeah! A orange Bobo to match my Green Bobo Gogo! (BOL)
*And A pawsome wittle Orange bandana with ghosts and bats it also glows in the dark! (super cool!!) And Mom says i look just oh so adorable in it!

Well I sent Tillies prezzies Monday so hopefully she will get them soon!! I can not wait till she gets them! I hope she likes the prezzies because i adore the ones she gave me! (The cow hoof with the yummy stuff in it is long gone) BOL!!
THANK YOU TILLIE!!! YOU ROCK COW GIRL!!!
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Kansas Kisses
-Murphy-

Got My Prizes From Tetsuya today!

Well today around 12:30 in the afternoon my Lori came down with a package that she got from the mailman. Mom jumped up form her seat by the computer. She thought at first it was my exchange pal Tillie and felt bad that we have not sent ours out yet. Then she called me down and i did a huge happy dance! Because yesterday,Joshy got a big envolope filled with goodies (mommy let me have some to) from his beloved pal Hershey. So i knew there was some good stuff in this package. Mom opened and gave a big "awwwww" I jumped around to see what it was and it was a squeaky fat yellow ducky! To cute! Mom squeaked it and i bit its nose! hehehe! But i smelled treats and explored the box while mom showed Lori the ducky. And mom turned around right in time before I got a hold of the treats. They were yummy yummy treats. And to tell ya the truth mom didn't know it was from Tetsuya until she read the note on the treats *blush* sry Tet. But then she remebered Tetsu picked me as the winner for his contest splish splash! (He also gave me a pawsome star)
Well the treats were awsome but mom only let me and Josh have one for now! NO FAIR!
Thank you very much Tet you rock my little shiba buddy!
Murph Man Hugs

Steve Irwin Memorial day.

Today is the one year mark steve irwin became a angel. How sad. It doens't even feel like he is gone, but that is true because he is not. He lives forever in our hearts and minds and always will. He saved so many lives of animals and inspired so many people. Man how we miss him. But me and my family know we will meet him at the rainbow bridge.

Bassa-Lasha-poos are not made for swimming!

I tried to tell that to mom this morning before she made me go into our man made pond! She wanted to see how well i did because that would probably be the only time i would get to swim in the pond it is not made for swimming!! Well i kinda sunk mom had me on a leash but in the deeper parts she had to hold my tail because my butt would sink all the way down! I swam for a bit then got out and she gave me and josh a bath with the hose. Josh was done first and mom put him on the porch to dry while i got my shampoo rubbed in. Then i herd this odd barking and I saw Josh cock his head then i gave a few sharp barks mom laughed. Both her and Josh knew who it was but i didn't!! Then the sliding door opened and Grandpa Jim walked onto the backporch and Joshy did his wiggle but dance and "talked" to him. I gave a few little barks to let mom know that i wanted to see grandpa! But i still had to finnish my bath!
But grandpa stayed for a while it was great! Oh and mom lost the bet she thought that i would be able to swim i kinda could but mostly i needed help David thought that atleast half of me would sink! HE WAS RIGHT!
Well what a day! I am sitting under mom's chair snoozing the day away as she does her thing on the computer!
Licks & Love
-Murphy-

Vick (!?)

Well atleast some good has come out of the entire M. Vick Event. It seemed that it opened many peoples eyes to dog fighting and that many poeple still do it! And what is really sad Vick used KITTENS (YES KITTENS) AS BATE!! Well any way the only good thing is that people have really stepped up in helping animals some poeple are going to local animal shelters and bringing thier Vick T-shirts and cleaning dog cages with them! (meaning picking up poop with them!) Hey helping is helping BOL! And do you here about the Chewed up vick cards on E-bay!! A persons dog chewed them up and now at this moment they are going at $7,300.00!!!!!! And the person selling them says she will donate all the money to the animal shelter! I am hoping they follow through and do that! And there is still one more day alot more money could be made for the animal shelter!
HOW PAWSOME?

mom visisted my shelter today!

Well today while Mom and her mom Lori were up in Mission KS (wich is not very far at all and were they used to live a few years back) Well after being at the laundry mat for a hour (our dryer is broken at the moment) Mom and Lori decided to take a quick visit to the pet connection. See they got me from pet connection! But "TPC" Used to be in the mission mall but it got torn down this December, so the "TPC" Moved well just down the street to this much bigger biulding! Mom has been wanting to see the new place for a while they have been there since i think Jan.
So Lori and Mom walked in and even ran into one of the people mom has chatted with online through e-mail. The first time mom thanked her for helping her find her baby! And gave her my dogster link the lady said she loved looking at my dogster website her dogs even has a d-ster page :D (I will post her link in a minute) well mom can not wait to volunterr there! You have to be 18+ to work there but about 16+ to volunterr by yourself so mom has to volunterr with her mom for a bit but the lady says she might be able to volunterr anyway! I will keep you updated!

8/18/07

Well today i played around with Joshy and snuggled with mama. Then i went on about 4 car rides with mom joshy and Lori up to the school because Lori had to move the sprinklers up at the local school because Lori & David help out there with the court yard and all the flowers. Joshy and me would run around the fields while mom watched us and some times ran around with us. My favorite part was the car ride! Of course! And alot of snuggle time today to!
A great saturday if i do say myself!

Less dogster time. Darn.

Yes it is true. 2morow mom starts school again wich means less dogster time.But i will atleast try to stop by dogster once a day and check my paw-mail so if you need anything send me a paw-mail. And also i would like to thank everypup who has given me a rosette or shall give me one in the future! You guys make me feel like a movie star! THANK YOU!

The smell of brand new pencils.

Well yesterday mom was helping Lori and skin brother Carter with the school supplies. There were a couple piles one for mom one for carter one for Gracie and one for evan.Gracie & Evan who are in elementry school start 2morow (a half day for them) mom starts school on the 17th.
When i walked in yesterday and saw the piles of stuff i was a bit confused and hid under the coffee table while Joshy sniffed around with a huge smile on his face! I will be sad about the kids and mom not being around as much but i get used to it and kind of like it. More time alone,more sleepy time and more play time with Joshy! And i have missed going on the daily car rides. Because during the school year Lori on her way home from work picks up Gracie & Evan from school then about a hour later it is time to pick up Mommy and Carter. Wich means one thing....CAR RIDE! And almost every school day last year Joshy & Me got to go in the car to pick up Carter and mommy! so much fun!
But it is sad because less dogster time. :(

summer tagged by my pal Max!

I was summer tagged by-Max Here are the rules!
Here are the rules of the game. Make a diary entry giving 5 pawsome facts about yourself! Choose 5 pals to tag and list them last. Post the rules of the game. Send your pals a pawmail or rosette telling them they have been tagged to play the game. Write 5 facts and tag 5 friends.
And here are the facts on me!~

1)I am a mama's boy.
2)I love to go for walks and car rides.
3)I don't like vacumes at all!
4)I am a proud shelter dog! And i support shelters!
5)Before finding my forever home I had a "wife" and 2 "kids" at my old home.

I tag~
1-Serenity
2-Chii
3-Kitai
4-Meemo
5-Smurphy Murphy

MOMMY IS HOME!

WOOHOO! Around 2pm today mommy my Lpri and wittle Gracie came home from the lake! YIPEEE! I missed them so much! Now we can catch up on Dogster! and we are so happy to see our bud Kaiser as DOTW!
Bark at ya guys soon.

See ya later mommy!

I will miss ya! Today is the day. Mommy will be leaving with My Lori, and lil skin sister Gracie at around 5pm today and be back either Friday or They may even stay till saturday! But i have had alot o support though. I made a post in plus friendly, and i got some great ideas of sneaking in mom's pack or my new pal Postal came up with a mailman shipping me to the lake house! BOL! And the sweet little bulldog fur babies Lilly & Ringo gave me a great drink rosette!
Well they do have a computer at the lake house but she will probably not have time to get on. So i will see ya guys Friday!
i will miss you all!
xoxoxo

Don't Leave Me Mommy!

On Wednesday around Dinner time, Mommy and my Lori and my lil skin sister Gracie (seven years old) are going to our neighbor & family friend's lake house till Friday Night. And me & Joshy can't come! DARN! So I get to stay home with just,Joshy,My david, and my 2 boys Carter & Evan. But i am going to miss my mommy so much! And with our luck mom says probably while we are gone one of our friends or one of us will be DOTD or somthing and we will miss it!:))!

Mmm anyone have any ideas of how i can slip away in moms pack?!:-k

One year on dogster & Another day with Skin cousins.

First i shall bark about how today is my one year fursery on dogster! WOOHOO!! It isn't as a big deal as when it was Josh's one year fursery because he was the first pup in our family on dogster and helped us find dogster! But i am still super happy! wow one year! In this whole year i found some great pals! Like Romeo we haven't barked in a while but he is a great pal! Then there is Chester We became pals after we were paired up during the christmas gift exchange her on dogster. He gave some great prezzies! And i adore the toy he gave me and the bandana i wear it all the time!! He is a great pal! Then there is my pal Mrs.Nesbitt we aren't best pals but pals none the less! And my now fur-angel pal Clover
I have many pals but those are just some of them! This has been a great year!
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Well last night was a bit better I was more used to sleeping in the skin brothers room. But mom didn't stay up to late. Oooh and mommy says we might beable to go on a big walk today with the cousins up to the park :D If so i will eidt the entry and give some details!

First day with Skin Cousins.

Well yesterday around 4pm 3 of my skin cousins came over to stay until Sunday afternoon! There is 12 year old Lucas, 10 year old Parker and 8 year old Emma. And since i have 3 skin siblings, (Carter 13,Evan 9, & Grace 7) they love to play with each other. I like the skin cousins but with all these kids in the house I try to be my mom's side as much as I can! But at dinner time there were alot of things hitting the floor. My 2 boys, and the 2 boy skin cousins are sleeping downstairs in our finnished basement. With a TV computer and Playstation 2. Grace is sleeping in her bed and Emma is sleeping in Mom's bed because Emma and Grace love to be with each other! And Mom shares a room with Gracie. So mom was stuck with her brothers room. Wich means she has to sleep on nine year old Evan's bed. (Wich is just a bit small for her BOL) So around 10pm The boy sshut off the computers down there and got into thier sleeping bags and started watching TV. And Mom grabbed her book and a few other things and headed to brothers room. She unmade the bed but by that time me & Josh were sitting by the door to her bedroom. So she went in her room and got my bone and put it on the floor of brother's room. Wich was good enoughf for me! I grabbed my bone and snuggled into mom's blanket that was on the floor. Josh being playful gave a great big AROOOO! And i just kept chewing on my little bone. Soon Josh got tired and jumped at the end of brother's bed and fell asleep. So mommy turned off the lights and closed the door the turned on this light by the bed she calls a "reading light" Whatever that is and opened her book and started reading. Mom read till almost 11:00 and i moved and moved all around. I moved many diffrent places on the blanket the went under the bed then went to snuggle with mommy then finnaly i went to sleep by the door on the nice cold wood floors. Mom soon set down her book and turned out the light for good. When she woke up i was at the end of the bed and Joshy was snuggled under her armpit. Then Lori came in that morning and Mommy & her talked but then Joshy came back in and sat there and Lori said that he looked cute and that he was such a cute boy! UH! So i started jumping up and down up and down as if to say "no no i am the cute!"Then they started laughing so i knew i had them! So i ran over to the corner of the room and grabbed my bone and brough it to Lori! she said i was such a good boy :D
It was a good morning

Buz Cuts 07 winners

B.O.L Jessie!
This was a hard one! Now pups don't feel bad if you didn't win because i loved all of the photos!;c;
Drum roll please************
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FIRST PLACE~ Ginger!-You had almost no fur on your body but still had a smile on your face!
You win-
3 rosettes-One from me, One fromLouie,And another rosette from Postal.
2 Stars- one from Lucy and one from Daisy Mae
a Animated photo- Made by Caffery

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SECOND PLACE~Cash-We love the little bald behind!
You win-2 rosettes- One fromBanyon, and one from me.
And a creative photo- By Sammi

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THIRD PLACE~Sugar-Great look on your face! You can tell you were not to happy about your new haircut!
You win- Boe &Ceaser
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Sinc e the photos were so great i had to have honorable metion! Each honorable mention gets a place in my corral and a bunch of bones on thier page! (I know it isn't alot sry)
Honorable Mention-
*Missy-and her great smile.
* http://www.dogster.com/dogs/231593>Maggie-Love the stretch!
*Kasper-Such a handsome boy.
*Milie NPC-Great pose.
*Shilo (ILM)-what a handsome angel boy.
*RuffianLove the great mohawk.
*Rudy-Such a handsome blad boy! (BOL)
congrats everypup! Now do not worry about contacting the donars i will contact them if you don't get your prizes in a few days p-mail me!
congrats everypup! and donars i will p-mail ya!%:D%

My new contest!

Well since it is summer time alot off long haired pups have been getting hair cuts. So i am going to start a new contest called Buz cuts 07!
Now it can be of you when well you really did get a buz cut or if you ever had a bad hair cut or if you just got shaved down some!Or it can just be of your summer cut! :D

Tag you photo-
Buz Cuts 07

The contest will end Sunday night and I will pick the winners either Monday or Tuesday! (Tuesday at the latest)
And mostly i am doing this contest because i buz cuts all the time :( And mom just figured out how to do those red links! BOL! So she wants to show it off! B.O.L!:))!



-EDIT-
Because i forgot to put what the winners get! BOL!:))

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1st Place-
3 rosettes-One from me, One fromLouie,And another rosette from Postal.
*A Star- Need a donar
*a Animated photo- Need a donar
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2nd Place-
2 rosettes- One fromBanyon, and one from me.
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3rd Place-
*A rosette-- I still need a donar
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Good luck pups! Now you have all day Sunday to enter to! And to any pup that can donate somthing on my list either post or p-mail me! And thank you! This contest would be nothing without our donars!

Come on pups we need more pups to join!!!!!

Harley Fun.

Last night mom thought we might get in a fight because Harley likes to snuggle on mom's bed and i like to chew my bones & sleep on the end of mom's bed but i am very protective of my bones. But we all slept great. And we played and had fun in the morning. Then at luch time Har's mom came. But she says he might beable to come over again :D

A dog named Harley.

This dog named Harley came over for a sleepover today. I didn't really like him at first but then i started to love him! We played a little bit! And i stalked him around the house. And we even went on a walk with mom. Then we had a party in the basement. And i started to well um mount Har he was mad at me. But then we just snuggled for a while.
It was great day! :D

Vet man!?!

We went to see the vetman at petco for half price shots today. I remember last year we went but there was diffrent guy doing it but they are both super nice. We were second in line, but we had to wait about 25 minutes for the vet man to come. Finnally when he did come the golden pup in front of us got her shots then it was my turn! He first took my blood, then he gave me bunches of shots in my scruff! And actaully after it was over and mom put back on the ground i was actually happy! I started dancing around and i was ready to go! When mom put Josh on the vet table i saud it was time to go and grabbed Josh's leash and headed for the door! Mom says i was being a goof ball! Hehehe! After Josh got his shots we had to walk around and wait 10 minutes for the results of the heartworm test to be over. And while mom was letting us walk around a sniff well i peed on one of the shelves even though i had just had a potty break outside. Then after i got in trouble for peeing Josh did the same thing in the same place!! Mom was not happy. Well then we found out we both don't have heartworms! YEAH! After being there for a hour we were sleepy puppers! The at home mom gave us each a yummy busy bone she had bought at petco because we were good boys!After showing off my bone i ate it right up. It was a good day! But i didn't like it when we were waiting in line at petco and one of the people got out a huge vacoom and turned it on and cleaned up one of the iles! That was scary!!!!!!!!
woof~woof
xoxoxoMURPHYxoxoxo

Da Vacoom Cweaner Attack!

Wow pups i haven't written in a while. Well you would not imagine what happened yestereday! The evil VACOOM CWEANER ATTCKED ME!
Yes! I have hated dat vacoom cweaner it is so scary and i knew some day it would attck me and it did! Yesterday i was just strolling along in the dinning room when the tube part of it fell on me!! I was so scared i couldn't move and also i was kind of tanggled in it, mom came to the rescue thank dog! And as soon as i could i ran away as fast as i could my tail tucked in so far!! I didn't come out from under mom's bed for about a hour!!!!!!! It was horrible!

Yeah family fun!

Well today around 3:20pm, mom put my leash on and put a leash on Josh and said those wounderful words! "wana go for a walk?" of course by thhe time we had our leashes on we already new it walk time and were jumping around and wagging our tales like mad! She told us tha were going to walk up to the local school, and meet her mom (aka "MY Lori") up there well actually suprise her mum because the younger human Kids Evan &Grace are up there, because of summer care and "my lori" picks them up around four or a bit later every day that they are there! I was so happy to go on a walk! Especially since it was so nice out! But it was very HOT! We had just left the culd-e-sac and were going down the sidewalk when a car pulled up. It was our "aunt" Maryland! Actually really she isn't our aunt but we call her that because she lives next door to us and is a very close family friend. Mom talked to her adn it ended up she was going down that way, so mom hoped in the car and we followed! IT WAS PAWSOME! I just love car rides! But Mary went down the culd-e-sac because first she had to drop somthing off at our house. And we invited moms twin brother (and our skin brother) Carter to join us! We made our way to the school, but it was a bit early it was three thirty and the kids didn't get back from thier field trip till about four. So Maryland said well lets go get puppy cones! YEAH! So we were off to the outdoor icecream place! Mommy & Brother got these ice cream things but aunt mary got me & josh puppy cones Puppy cones are little ice cream cones wioth vanilla icecream in them! This was our second time having a puppy cone! It was super good! But mum had to wipe off my face because i had ice cream all over it! hehehehehe! Then it was time to pick up the kids! They were so suprised! It was a great day! I got to go for a long car ride, and eat a puppy cone, and be with my family!

Dark

Dear Diary,
Guess what? Well Yesterday mom was sitting on the couch with me & Joshy watching TV and it was around 1:30PM. Mom had given me a bath a couple hours before but i was still a bit wet so she was brushing my hair. All of a sudden the TV went black and the lights went out and there was tis "BOOM" It scared me and Josh out of out fur! Mom (being home alone) went to go talk to the neighbors. Only 3 other neighbors had their power out and it actually turned out our transformer thingy was what caused the power problem that is why we herd a Boom. After a bit it started getting really hot in the house and the oddest thing was when mum let us outside to go potty our pond's water fall wasn't working.
Finnally after a couple of hours the power was on! Thank DOG! It was starting to get darker in the house so me & josh would bark at anything that moved or we thought moved in the house! (BOL)
Well Licks and love to all my pals!
~MURPHY~

Papa's Day!

Well today is father''s day, and being a father i am really enjoying this day. See before my loving family adopted me my old owners had another dog (do noit know her name) And well she was very pretty, and before i knew it i was a daddy at only the age of one! Hehehe! I have never been a big fan of pups though but my babes were all right. My mum never got to meet my "wife" and "children" because they got scooped up at the shelter before me.
Well in a hour or two mommy says the entire family including me & Josh get to go to the outside ice cream place! And Joshy & Me get a little vanilla icecream cone! I can not wait! I might come back today and update on how the adventure was. But you can also read Josh's diary when we get back!
Hope everypup is having a great sunday!
Licks & Wags
-Murphy-

I will Miss Ya FRANZI!

Well in some of my photos you can see me with my German human "cousin" Franzi. Franzi is all GERMAN she really is not realated to my family she is exchange student who came to stay with my human aunt at the begining of the school year of 2006 (last year) She just graduated High school she is very nice sweet and PERTTY! I adored her (which you can see in my photos) She has become part of the family. She is going to Washington with the other exchange students of the program, The she is coming back to Kansas, to stay for a little bit to see the 4th of July fireworks, because she has never celebrated fourth of July before! She is super excited! But then on July, 9th she is heading back home to Germany! But mom has her adress to send her mail, and email to send her information & messages. Well thier was a big party at aunts house (but i had to stay home! *HUMPH!*) Well next summer she is going to come and visit i can not wait to see her again! Me and all my human family will miss her very much and are praying for her!
LOVE YA FRANZI AND CONGRATS ON GRADUATION!!!!!!!!!
With love
-Murphy-

Teddie Sue Is HOME!!

Yep sweet baby Teddie Sue, who was stolen along whith her mom's car has been found!
This is GREAT!
And the odd thing is yesterday when Teddie Sue was found was when mommy told her mom about teddie sue.
She told her the sad story in the morning and her mum thought it was awful! And then mu told her how Teddie had been missing for a month and a half!! And mom thought it was a kind of odd that the day she told her family about TS was the day TS was found! Mommy was so happy though she fell out of her chair and started crying tears of joy! She told her mom right away about the miracle of Teddie Sue's return! We are so very happy for this great event! And good to see that Teddie Sue is big and strong and not so little any more heheheh but she is still very cute!!! And we hope that she has had enough adventure for one month and a half! (BOL) And i think she will be happy just taking a stroll around the block!Teddie Sue you & your family are so sweet! And i know that there were angels watching over you helping you in your safe return.

Hugs
-Murphy

Strays

Well, mom has always been a sucker for stray dogs.
There is Hobbes (aka Buddy) who is the x-mas dog he came to our house a couple years ago on christmas day and was very special and stayed with us for 4 days. He was a awsome buddy we played alot! He was a five year old lab and was so fun and sweet! His parents picked him up mom was happy but still misses him, Hobbes didn't live far but unfortinatly they moved.
Oooh then there was Scooter the Ausie Shepered who mom found tied to a basketball goal up at the local elementry school he was matted kind of skinny and his collar was to tight for him, he stayed whith us for a night then since he was dumped by his owners a great animal control guy came and picked him, he gave him to animal haven a pawsome shelter were scooter found a home!
Oooh and the regular "strays" that live a couple streets down from us and come by once in a while Ginger the old lab mix and chloe the young Pom gal. There were a couple other strays but mum can't think strait right now. But this morning qw got to add a new buddy to the list. Bawsley the Boxer. This morning mom was asleep when her brother woke her up and told her that there was a stray bulldog on thier front porch she jumped out of bed and ran outside. There she found with her little sister and a young neighborhood girl was a small male boxer. He was VERY STINKY! But in good shape healthy had a collar and was very friendly. My Lori looked at his vet tags and called the vet clinic and gave them the dogs ID#. The vet people gave Lori the owners number, she lived a couple of streets down. Mom got Baws on a leash gave him some treats and water and put some baby powder on him! (BOL To sooth the stink) His owner came after 15 minutes very very nice lady. She said the dogs name is Bawsley and that he is a escape artsit! She also said he had gotten out of thier yard early that morning they looked everywere for him. Well Baws must have rolled in somthing so the owner said that Baws was in need of a bath today! She loeaded him up and we waved goodbey!
Well it was a very fun & friendly morning!
-Murphy-

YEAH! I got tagged by chester!

TAG YOUR IT! I have been tagged by my christmas ex-change buddy CHESTER! He lives in Germany like my hooman cousin Fronzie!
here be da rules-

Each player starts with seven random facts about themselves. Dogs who are tagged, need to post in their Diary the rules & their 7 pawsome facts. Then choose 7 dogs to tag and list their names. Don’t forget to bark them a pmail that they have been tagged and to read your Diary, or, send them a fun Rosette announcing they've been Tagged!
Here be the lay down on me Murph Man Stud-

1)I am a big mama's boy if you have not noticed by my forums motto or diary title. I play with her, make her laugh. I lick her alot! I snuggle with her almost every night! And when i don't that means she isn't there wich makes me sad.

2) I ADORE my westie brother Joshy. Since joshy used to live with our grandpa mommy and the family knew him before they met me he used to come over every saturday with grandpa ever since he was about a one or two months old. Then they got when Josh was about a year. Soon josh came to live with us when he was almost two years old.

3) I hate the vacume sucker thingy! My worst nightmare! I sware that thing is out to get me!

4) I LOVE TO GO FUR CAR RIDES! But i don't like it when the car is super hot, which is okay because mommy never ever leaves me in the car when it is hot out she barely ever leaves me in the car any day no matter the weather.

5) I like to go on walks, lets go up to the school, around the block, to the pool, anywere but make sure to bring water this fuzz ball gets hot fast! :)

6) I think frogs are weird. I remeber the first time i ever saw a frog in our backyard (because we have a pond in the backyard) It was the first spring with my family! I went up to the frog and sniffed it from a wittle distance, then i touched it with my paw and it jumped at ne! BOL!

7) I like to chew on bones, especialy at night! It is my thing!


here are the puppers i tag~~

jelly- 350247

liberty- 126434

Pugsly- 276696

Molly- 458505

Sharna- 259082

Biscuit- 160670

Bosco- 137552


-Murph-

Smeelin nice

Well Sunday,
Mommy gave joshy a bath outside with the hose since it was so dog-on hot outside, and of course she gave me a bath to. She said that i smelled bad.
And you know i have to ask the question what is with humans and smell?
I meen humans put on smelly stuff, and armpit soap, and shampoo and they make a huge deal about stuff smelling bad! And what i don't get is dogs smell ten-times more then humans but you don't see us running away from every yucky smelling thing! Or put odd smelling soap on our arm-pits! Come on most dogs eat kitty poop! (YUM) I just had to ask because well maybe that eill give a reason fur mom not to give me a bath any-more! :-)
-MURPH MAN-

Skid Boot May you Rest In Peace

wow.Murph's mom here.

IT seems like just yesterday me and my mother were huddled around the TV watching the first sesion of pet-star.
It was the final cut winner takes all.
We were both amazed by this adorable dogs talents.......
We watched the Tv very closly and when they said skidboot and David were the winners we jumped up & down screaming and hugging each other we were so happy!!
We told alot of people in our family about skidboot.
I told my mother about skidboot We looked at each other and began to cry. He was a good dog. At the time were well life was a bit hard skid boot puta smile on our faces skid boot also inspired me to train dogs now training dogs are one of my favorite hobbies.
I shed a tear for him & his family..............His legacy will never ever be forgotten i promise you all that NEVER EVER!
Murphy & Mom


In honor of skip boot-
1992-2007
March, 25 skid's last day.
website=
www.skidboot.com

This Stud Got To Strut His Stuff!!

YES,YES,YES!!
Today mommy took me and Joshy to the first ever spring dog fashion show!!
But mama knew i can get a little shy & SCARED she only put on my bandana that my buddy chester gave me & my leash that says "SPOILED ROTTEN"
i was so frightened that mommy had to carry me down the RUNWAY!!
B.O.L!! but i didn't bite any doggy and i actually had a lot of fun! i made friends played and got lots of treats!! And i even won somthing!! I won simplest BUT cutest outift! and i got a BIG treat, and the judges got me a tiny gift card and mommypitched in a bit of her money with the gift card and got me my very own BOBO! You know one of those luffa dogs and a green one!! i used to play with my friends but he tore it appart, but now i have one and it is PAWSOME!!!!!!!!!
It has been a long day and a fun one! i really hope we do it again! hopfully mummu will not put me in that pink dress!! B.O.L!
Smooches!
-Murphy xoxoxoxo

huge fire in downtown KC!

Yes you read right!
A buisness with chemicals and flamable liquids set fire at today and a huge explosion happened there at 2:18pm today!
this is downtown downtown so far away from were i live but it still is a HUGE FIRE!
And all the power downtown is down.
And since the fire is so HUGE!
And since there is so much flamable stuff there the fire was getting bigger and bigger and after a couple hours of fighting the fire
fireman were comanded to stop and retreat! because the fire was getting so our of countrol! And the biulding started having more explosions:(
so they had to evacuate everyone down there (not me) and the poeple who had to evacuate are now at community centers & high schools. but the poeple staying at at the high schools were not alowd to bring pets!:(
but this very nice vet offered if any one would bring thier pet in that he would watch him (what a nice guy)
But any way since the fire was so bad and the water was just not helping they have to let the fire burn our..they are guessing the fire might be done in 72 hours!
well can you pups please say a prayer for the nice people/pets down there? thank you
hope it gets better
Murphy

P.S no one has been hurt or killed in the fire hoefully it will stay that way!

VALENTINE!♥

Yes i have the most beautiful valentine!
and all in time for v-day!
her name is sugar!
And boy am i lucky!
but watch out girls iam taken! BOL!
Take a look at her isn't she pertty?
http://www.dogster.com/dogs/41522/sniff
we are also both lasha mixes!
♥♥♥
yappy valentines day everypup!♥

DOGSTER IS FAMOUS!

Well this all started out when the fabulous NWALINS gang helped a doggy named mathew!
And they helped save a dog and helped make dogster famous!
WOOOHOO you pups rule!
here is the link (it was on thier page that is how i found it BOL)
I was so happy when i watched i was ready to do backflips!..ehh maybe iw ill just tell mom to do it and i will watch! BOL!
oh right the news story!
here we are!:
http://www.news10.net/video/player_news10.aspx?aid=33 814&bw=

go look!
-MURPH

what has she gotten me into?

MOM!
I can't believe you let sissy put me in a tutu!
And then you post it on the internet!
YIPE!
I think i might have to go under cover now! to hide from the embaresment!
Just call me Murphinia!

Mama's Wittle Hound Dog!

Well mom thought when she first got me and around the first year with her that maybe i was part basset. Because of my HUGE feet, and the way i bark it is a deeper bark ( but i can have a yippy bark just to look cute BOL)
But then they found out that Lasha normally do have big feet so that basset thought was tossed out the window.
But today mom was on the computer ^_^ and josh & me were up stairs in the living room. When all off a sudden mom hears us barking and a strange sound. So she walks up stairs and sees josh at the window barking at the UPS man (who was in our neighbors yard) And i was sitting on the chair by the window my paws on the arm rest so i could look out the window better. But i wasn't barking at the UPS man i was HOWLING! and i mean like HOUND DOG HOWLING! AROOOOOOO. HOWWWWWWLEEEEEEEOOOOOO!, mom could not beleive it! It sounded like a basset hound was inside me! before mom could stop laughing i ifted my head back and did a big ole HOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWLEEEEEEEOOOOOOO!, this just amazed mom! I have lived with her 3 years she has never heard me howl EVER! And the wird thing was i know that UPS man * i have never met him in person* but he comes by all the time and i hav never howled at him before! I guess all i can say the little hound dog within me took over! (BOL)
Now I am very tired i guess that was a days work. BOL!
So mom now thinks maybe i have a little basset inside of me!
And now they are going to call me that dum breed!

lasha+poodle=lashapoo+basset hound= BASSALASHAPOO! bol!
YEP iam murphy the BASSALASHAPOO hound doggy! BOL!

tell next time!
~Murphy

Pet connection.

Well i came from a shelter called * pet connection* it was actually in a mall.
( it was not a pet store it was a shelter) But this year the mall was torn down! so the shelter moved to a bit bigger location but it is still located in mission kansas.
Well the founder of the No kill shelter is Melody Kelso and she has been living at the shelter for about a few months to keep it open 24/7, give the animals a more conforting enviroment, and promote the shelters awarness.
So if you could stop by the shelter's website that would meen alot to me!
Thank you & have a happy holiday!
~Murphy

website:
www.pet-connection.com

YUCKY WHITE STUFF !!!

Yep i think it is called snow josh wuffs so does luke not me it sticks to me it is cold and it gets in my way!
Well atleast the house is super warm mmmmmmmm
well bey now mommy's warm lap is calling me!
~Murphy snowy paws